The house we live in currently, is Olive's second residence with us. At about age two, she started an odd behavior; she would cry, from the hallway, in the middle of the night. She would sit just out of my line of sight and yowl a very loud sound. I could not ignore it and because it would wake me, I would rise and get her and bring her to bed. Usually, she would drift off to sleep. On occasion, this would happen multiple times in the night but always, at least once.
Of course my husband and I went through a laundry list of anything and everything that could be wrong with her. She was not hurt, she had perfect health, she was spayed so she was not in heat, she had been fed, she had a clean litter box (2 clean litter boxes), her sister was not picking on her (that little angel was fast asleep), she was not deaf or blind, etc. We actually came to the conclusion that we had a ghost and that she was probably crying TO or crying AT something we could not see.
, to calm her nerves. The vet also suggested 
feeding her protein in the form of wet cat food, like Fancy Feast Gourmet Cat Food, 3-Flavor Variety Pack (Beef, Chicken and Turkey & Giblets), 3-Ounce Cans (Pack of 24), right before bed. We tried everything. It was what I imagine having an infant would be like. I could not remember a night that I had slept all the way through, without interruption from our crazed feline.
So this crying and carrying on has continued to present day. Now it plays out like this...cry cry cry, I awake, get up to get her and she is generally sitting in the end of the hallway. She runs from me, through our living room, through our Jack and Jill style bathrooms and ferociously jumps onto the bed, above my log sawing other half, to end up on her pillow, with a smug look upon her beautiful face. I took a night vision photo of her and she was being a smart-ass for sure!
My husband Rod and I have learned to deal with the constant barrage of cries in the night and we are are hanging onto our sanity by a thread, seriously!!!
Fast forward to three blessed nights ago...I decided to try one of my lovely Christmas presents, a lavender eye mask, not unlike Lavendergreen's Aromatherapy Minky Sleep Mask. I actually woke up in the morning and realized that I had not woken throughout the night.
I looked over my pillow, to the area where the cats normally slumber, and there she was...a sight I thought I might never see with my eyes again, snoozing away on her pillow with the lavender eye pillow inches from her. 
I had removed it in the night and just rested it above my own head. I thought it was a fluke so I insisted on using the eye cover the following night, as an experiment. Would you believe it??? She actually slept through the night again! I was in shock! I was so thankful and I thought I loved my microwaveable, freezable spa set before!!!!! I felt like celebrating!
So, as luck would have it...our other cat, the quiet good one, has chosen to take up nighttime chatter! Thankfully, she usually can be coaxed into bed to snuggle after just a few minutes of caterwauling!
AH blissful, restful, glorious, continuous night until morning sleep...how I miss thee and long to have you back! I will continue to take the chunks of sleep I can gather with the help of my fragrant eye woobie, for as long as I can!
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